Diurnal variation in airborne pollen concentration of six allergenic tree taxa and its relationship with meteorological parameters

Aerobiologia

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 457-468

  Ščevková, Jana ^a   Dušička, Jozef ^a   Mičieta, Karol ^a   Somorčík, Ján ^a  

^a Faculty of Natural Sciences   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Aerobiology; Airborne pollen; Diurnal variation; Meteorological parameters; Slovakia

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BIRCH; CARPINUS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUPRESSACEAE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRAXINUS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOURS OF SUNSHINE; HUMIDITY; METEOROLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PINE; POLLEN; POPULUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SLOVAKIA; SPECIES COMPARISON; TAXACEAE; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION; TREE; WIND SPEED;

EID: 84946491057     PISSN: 03935965     EISSN: 15733025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10453-015-9379-1     Document Type: Article

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